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Dennis Hickey had a decent first season as the Miami Dolphins' rookie general manager. Hopefully it was a season filled with lessons learned, because Hickey and his team can't afford too many missteps this offseason, which really begins in Indianapolis this week. At the NFL Combine, agents will hold numerous back room negotiating sessions with teams. Hickey has cap space to clear, free agents to win over and draft picks to evaluate this month, so he better get busy. To provide an assist, here's my 10-step plan to make the Dolphins a playoff team in 2015. 1.Make it work with Mike Wallace. Dumping talent during the Joe Philbin era has to stop. The Dolphins paid $27 million...

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